Of Odangos

An: Eeek…. Sorry this has taken me so long! bows repeatedly Forgive me! I wrote this chapter today X.x; during class. My friend cough kinda threatened me...well, she won't write until I write (which I find completely un fair) Ah, well....Here's the next chapter! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon .. Go figure.

Mamoru held in a heavy sigh as he stared straight ahead of himself. He was getting really tired of a third-person-self-referring-Minako (with horrendous grammar!) and the odd Ami-hat who spoke of nothing but the joys of odangos-No!-mangos. He grimaced and gently rubbed at his temples. Yes, he was starting to miss Usagi very badly.

"Usako…" he murmured to himself pitifully, "Doushite? What did I do to deserve this torture?"

Ludo -Minako- perked her ears. "Sawah say something?"

Mamoru rolled his eyes. "Iie, 'Sawah' didn't say a thing." Oh, when would it end?

The cross dressing masked tuxedo caper blinked in surprise as the pathway suddenly ended with two giant walls and two doors. The odd thing was on each of the doors was a mounted knocker. No, it wasn't odd for a door to have a knocker but it was when each knocker was in the shape of a head.

Haruka. Michiru. Oh, this just got better and better, didn't it? A large curved bar was stuck in each of Haruka's ears, and one dangled out of Michiru's mouth.

Minako stepped towards the Haruka knocker, a look of awe about her. She reached out and poked the cheek of Haruka and Mamoru could have sworn he saw the knocker twitch.

"I don't think you should do that," advised the Ami-hat as Minako giggled and went to poke the poor, defenseless knocker again. Minako turned her big blue eyes up to Ami and smiled innocently. "Ludo poke!" she jaded her finger at the head again.

"Touch me again and I f$ing bite your finger off!"

Minako jumped back, latching onto Mamoru for dear life. "Sawah!"

"DON'T TOUCH MY MAMO-CHAN!" Came a loud, booming voice.

'Ludo jumped away from Mamoru, her eyes wide. "Gomen Usagi-chan--"

"MY NAME IS JARRED!"

The ground beneath Minako's feet disappeared. The fuzzy, orange girl blinked. "Oro?" She dropped into the hole with a yelp, the Ami-hat following, eyes wide. Mamoru stared in mild horror down at the ground as it closed up. After a few moments of complete shock he turned to the Haruka door knocker.

"What…just happened…?"

"Nani?" came the reply.

"What just happened?" he said a little louder.

"Nani?"

"What just happened!"

"Nani?"

"WHAT!-Oh! Never mind."

"…Nani?"

Mamoru's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, a spasm shaking him.

"Mmph mm nnp mmphmn eem mmp."

Mamoru turned to face the Michiru knocker, blinking. "Hold on, I can't understand you with that thing in your mouth." He grabbed a hold of the metal bar and removed it, dropping it onto the ground with a loud CLANG! He wiped his hand on his pants and gave a tired smile.

"Oh, domo arigato! It feels so good to get that out of my mouth!"

Mamoru nodded patiently. "I'm sure. Now, what were you saying?"

"Hm? Oh, it's no use talking to her, the poor dear, she's deaf as a post."

Mamoru leaned against the door tiredly. "Is that so? Hai, it's understandable what with that thing in her ears…"

Haruka's eyes narrowed. "Oi, pretty boy, lay off my woman!"

Mamoru straightened, his eyes wide. "Nani? I'm not doing--"

"Oh, stop denying it! Just keep away from her, got it? I don't want to have to bite any of your body parts off, ya hear me?"

Mamoru blanched, then frowned slightly. "I thought you couldn't hear…?"

"Nani?"

"…I thought you couldn't hear!" he said, stepping closer to her.

Haruka sniffed, looking away. "No good. Can't hear you."

Michiru smiled and chuckled lightly to herself.

Mamoru put his face into his hands. "Ugh…I just want to know how to get out of here…"

"Knock and the door shall open," replied Michiru sagely.

Mamoru blinked and lowered his hands. "Oh…well that makes sense." He shrugged and knocked on Michiru's door with his fist.

"With the knocker, baka," came Haruka's amused voice.

Mamoru blushed lightly as he picked up the metal bar. "Oh…right…Do you mind?" he asked hopefully.

"Oh, iie! Not at all!" Michiru smiled and opened her mouth, letting Mamoru place the bar between her lips. He knocked and jumped slightly in surprise as the door swung open for him, revealing a dark forest. Mamoru gulped and stepped slowly inside, wincing as the door closed behind him.

"Oh, Mamoru…what have you gotten yourself into now?"